Food and Disaster Management Advisor Tapan Chowdhury said Monday that funds allocated for post-flood rehabilitation could not be utilized properly as the flood hit the country for second time, reports UNB."The government had taken tremendous rehabilitation programmes to overcome the...
FE ReportThe Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Monday gave preliminary approval for enlistment of Trust Bank Ltd."The DSE board will sit today (Tuesday) to give full approval to the listing of the bank and announce the debut trading date for the...
FE ReportThe US dollar maintained its stable level with downward bias against the Bangladesh taka (BDT) Monday in the inter-bank foreign exchange market, as the demand for the greenback was steady. The foreign exchange market was active due to trading...
Narayanganj, Sept 25 (UNB) - Agitated garment workers Tuesday morning put up barricade on Dhaka-Sylhet highway and damaged a number of vehicles following the death of a female garment worker in a road accident in Sonargaon upazila. Unruly workers also...
Dhaka, Sept 25 (UNB) - Senior ministers of Khaleda Zia’s government showed up at the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) Tuesday in connection with the container handling corruption case filed by ACC against the former Prime Minister. Former Finance and Planning Minister...
People who do not get enough sleep are more than twice as likely to die of heart disease, according to a large British study released on Monday. Although the reasons are unclear, researchers said lack of sleep appeared to be...
BEIJING, SEPT 23 (AP): China is planning to build a new satellite launch site - the country's fourth - to boost its burgeoning space programme, state media reported Sunday.The facility will be located in Wenchang on the southern island province...
KABUL, SEPT 23 (AP): NATO helicopters, responding to a rocket attack at an Afghan army base, fired on a group of suspected insurgents, killing four and wounding 12 others in what may have been a case of mistaken identity, the...
Myanmar's junta faces rebuke at UN General Assembly UNITED NATIONS, Sept 23 (AFP): As protests intensify against the military generals in Myanmar, world leaders at the United Nations General Assembly are expected to push the ruling junta to adopt democratic...
The Awami League (AL) said Sunday that it was disappointed with the Supreme Court (SC) agreeing to hear appeals of the five detained death convicts, reports bdnews24.com. It said the ruling had fallen short of their expectations. Acting AL President...
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) ATM Shamsul Huda has called upon the government to allow indoor politics in different places of the country where the local government bodies' elections would begin from January like Rajshahi and Khulna city corporations.Speaking at a...
BNP Secretary General Khondoker Delwar Hossain claimed Sunday that the four-party alliance remained united but they could not hold any meeting among themselves or within the alliance due to closure of BNP central office, reports UNB.Talking to reporters at his...
CHITTAGONG, Sept 23 (UNB): Former state minister Mir Mohammad Nasiruddin and his son Mir M Helaluddin were produced before a court here today (Sunday) but charges were not framed against them in two tax-evasion cases.Hearing arguments of lawyers from both...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 23 (UNB): Deposition of witnesses began Sunday in the case filed against six Rajshahi University (RU) teachers for violation of the Emergency Powers Rules during the campus violence in late August.On the first day, Judge of the Rajshahi...
KUSHTIA, Sept 23 (UNB): Nine young men of Allahr Dal were jailed today for five years for militant activities. Speedy Trial Tribunal Court Judge Jalal Saifullah handed down the penalty to Najmul Hasan (22), Rakib Mondol (21), Shafiqul Islam Sumon...
Tofail Ahmed, a member of the policymaking presidium, said, "There hasn't been much coordination among the alliance partners in the past months because of a ban on indoor politics since the Emergency Rules had been clamped, reports bdnews24.com ." "The...
Our CorrespondentCHITTAGONG, Sept 23 : City dwellers here have become hostage to the rickshaw pullers and CNG drivers who are realising fares according to their whims as no prescribed rate of fare is now in force here for the journey...
Our CorrespondentRAJSHAHI, Sept 23: A group of medical students from various medical colleges of the country held a press conference at Metropolitan Press club here Friday where they made a call for the reintroduction of the previous system of professional...
Prof Mohabbat Ali, former chairman of Chemistry Department of the Dhaka University, died of old age ailments in the city Saturday night. He was 88, reports UNB.Namaz-e-janaza for Prof Ali will be held at Dhaka University Central Mosque at 10:30am...
JHENIDAH, Sept 23 (UNB): Two members of a family were killed and another injured in a tragic road accident at Barobazar in Kaliganj Upazila here on the Dhaka-Khulna highway Sunday morning.The deceased was identified as Hafizur Rahman (35) of Pirojpour...
RAJSHAHI, Sept 23 (UNB): Unidentified assailants hacked a man to death at Anukompur village under Charghat Upazila in the district Saturday midnight.The deceased was identified as M Ashraf (45). He was a mango trader.According to the police, the assailants hacked...
DU CorrespondentThe authorities of East West University (EWU) Sunday allocated Tk 0.15 million to the families of six fire-victims who lost their lives in a fire incident at the university on February 21 last year.President of the board of directors...
DURBAN, South Africa, Sept 23 (Cricinfo): Yuvraj Singh's electrifying 70 led the batting charge and Sreesanth delivered the telling blows with the ball as India produced a magnificent performance to beat Australia by 15 runs and set up a dream...
JOHANNESBURG, Sept 23 (AFP): The young guns of India and Pakistan will square off in a dream final of the Twenty20 world championships Monday at the culmination of a tournament which has changed the face of cricket. After a clinical...
KOLKATA, Sept 23 (AFP): Russia's Maria Kirilenko upset second seed Daniela Hantuchova of Slovakia Saturday in three sets to reach the final of the WTA Sunfeast Open. The 20-year-old Kirilenko, the fourth seed here and currently ranked 35th in the...
Saiful KaiserArguably, the Indians had a tougher job reaching the final than did the Pakistanis. But then the Pakistanis had defeated both the Sri Lankans and the Australians to reach the semis and that is a tough ask at any...
WUHAN, China, Sept 23 (AFP): Ruthless defending champions Germany and the top ranked United States stormed into the women's World Cup semi-finals Saturday, leaving North Korea and England to rue missed chances. The Germans beat the Koreans 3-0 in Wuhan...
SYDNEY, Sept 23 (AFP): Kenyan runner Julius Maritim won the Sydney Marathon for the third consecutive year Sunday, crossing the finish line in a record time of 2 hours 14 minutes and 38 seconds. Maritim, who finished six minutes ahead...
HONG KONG, Sept 23 (AFP): Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing denied a report from an Italian sports website that said he would make an offer to buy Inter Milan, a spokeswoman for the tycoon said Sunday. "We deny (the report)....
Notre Dame College beat Teachers' Training (TT) College by 5-0 points in the day's lone super league match of the 1st Fomex Foam College Rugby Competition at the Outer Stadium in the city Sunday, reports UNB.The winners led the first...
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